Daccordi Rider wrote:Me initiating a breakaway on the main climb of the course. Ended up coming second to the guy in my wheel.

What's the story with the helmet cap things?

They look pretty cool huh. Each grade wears different colours. With up to 5 grades on the course I guess it makes it easy for the refs to check that someone has not tagged on to a grade that is not theirs.

philip wrote:jules21, maybe it's just that photo but that frame looks too small for you?

funny you mentioned that. I bought it earlier this year, ordered the XL size. it feels more compact than my 60cm Apollo, but I put that down to the Apollo having more relaxed geometry. when I measured the Azzuri frame, it seemed to match up to their quoted geometry, but I might check that again. I don't find it uncomfortable to ride, just compact.

Couple of pics from my dismal performance on Sunday... happy with my TT position at least, especially as I still have about 1cm, maybe two I can drop down at the front. Road bike position still looks high even though I spend the whole time in the drops!. Not so happy about my weight... looking big again .